In today’s Brittle, Anxious , Nonlinear, Incomprehensible (BANI) world, leadership is being redefined. The era of command-and-control is giving way to one that demands empathy, agility, and imagination. Senior leaders are now expected not only to manage change—but to drive meaningful transformation.
The immersive certificate program is specially designed for CxOs and senior decision-makers. It combines interactive lectures, real- world case studies, and hands-on design challenges to help leaders look at strategic problems from a user’s perspective, build a culture of innovation across teams, quickly develop and test new ideas, and lead with empathy and systems thinking in a fast-changing world.
is the Ramakrishna Bajaj Chair Professor and an expert in Mobility & Vehicle Design at IDC School of Design IIT Bombay. Prof Sharma brings over two and half decades of industry and academic experience, having worked with leading automobile manufacturers and now mentoring future leaders in design innovation at IIT Bombay.
Duration: 5 days (14th-18th July 2025)
Mode: Hands On Course - In Person - IIT Bombay Campus (Residential)
Format: Combination of lectures, case studies, and hands-on workshops with a final presentation of concepts developed during the course.
Registrations: Started | Last to Apply: June 30, 2025
This course is ideal for:
CxOs and Senior Executives across functions.
Business Unit Heads & Strategy Leaders.
Corporate Innovators, R&D and Product Heads Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Change Agents.
Leaders shaping digital, Service or Business model transformation.
Lectures and Case Studies: Introduction to the principles of Design Thinking, tools for empathy, ideation, and prototyping.
Hands-on Workshop: Practical experience in each stage of the Design Thinking process—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test—through individual and team exercises.
Skill Development: Techniques in user research, ideation, and prototyping.
Design Thinking in Practice: Real-world applications of design thinking to organizational challenges, presented through case studies and interactive discussions.
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